Memorial day is celebrated on last Monday in May each year to pay tribute and honor our veterans. For most families, it is a time to bond with families for celebrating the long weekend during summers. Memorial day brings in a lot of fun and frolic in addition to paying homage to the veterans who’s sacrifices are remembered with reverence.
How do we Celebrate Memorial Day:
Memorial day in its utmost auspice must be celebrated with family and communities, as a time to bond together while offering respect to the veterans. The families must share stories of civil war and our veterans with children. Some ideas to celebrate memorial day early morning and afternoon are:
- Visit cemeteries and offer flowers on the graves of our heroes who have sacrificed their lives for the betterment of all
- Fly the flag at half staff until noon
- Visit memorials with family, these are dedicated to the lives and sacrifices of the veterans
- Pause at 3pm for National Moment of Remembrance
- Visit disabled veterans and show your support
- Attend memorial day parade in your locality
Some more memorial day celebration ideas for the long weekend:
For celebrating the memorial day long weekend with family, begin by paying homage to veterans. Plan family gatherings and lunches or BBQ or go out camping. The weather would be awesome for any outdoor activity. Some celebration ideas are:
1. Have a memorial day picnic with friends and family:
As wonderful as it sounds, have a memorial day picnic with your friends and family. Enjoy preparing and relishing grilled foods, catch fishes and cook them for the sumptuous delights and soak it up with wine.
2. Plan an elaborate BBQ at your backyard:
BBQ is cherished mainly when the weather is nice. And what other time than peak summer month. Some BBQ recipes for memorial day weekend are:
- S’mores: A melting marshmallow with amazing graham crackers and lip-tickling dark chocolate all on the skewers and ready for the grill. That’s how a family BBQ desert goes.
- Grilled corn on the cob: While everyone just relishes them, most often you don’t add the touches you should. Dash mayonnaise, salsa, butter or anything over the corn-cob and grill them to perfection for a healthy and tasty delight
- Potato and sweet potato fingers: Grilled potato and sweet potato fingers with elaborate dash of seasonings and flavors to make your celebration a delicious delight
3. Read and watch movies:
with family on patriotism and memorial day. Also involve in some patriotic craft and art endeavors to make it special for your family
4. Send care packages for soldiers:
Give the military personnel serving the armed forces currently, a token of your appreciation and care for them. Write thank you notes, send cards and flowers and also handmade craft items to honor their efforts and sacrifices
5. Decorate everything in the color of the flag:
The red, white and blues must be everywhere at your home and around. From bagels, cup cakes, pizza, drinks and even to the decorations. Paint it all in the color of the national flag.
Interesting facts about memorial day:
Some of teh interesting facts about a memorial day which you must know are:
- Originally May 30 was celebrated as Memorial Day
- Memorial day is a federal holiday and not a national holiday
- Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, with over 400000 graves, is one of the world’s largest cemetery hosting ceremony on this day
- Over 40 million Americans travel over 50 miles from their homes, making traffic on this long weekend extremely heavy
- Bikers on this day hold annual motorcycle rally called the Rolling Thunder run to raise awareness of prisoners of war and those missing action
The above compilation on Memorial day celebration ideas is to help you and your family, in remembering the efforts and sacrifices of veterans and armed forces. Also coming together to celebrate some fun filled and stimulating family times in the awesome weather
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